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Published on: March 4, 2016
Massive Traumatic Skin Defect Successfully Treated with Autologous, Bilayered, Tissue-Engineered MyDerm Skin
Nor Hazla Mohamed Haflah1, Min Hwei Ng, Mohd Heikal Mohd Yunus
1Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (N.H.M.H., A.S.N., O.H., and K.A.A.R.), Tissue Engineering Centre (M.H.N.), and Department of Physiology (M.H.M.Y. and R.I.), Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Case:
A 22-year-old man sustained a laceration that measured 180 cm, after debridement, over the anterolateral aspect of the right leg following a road traffic accident. The wound was treated with MyDerm (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), a cell-based, bilayered, bioengineered dermal substitute that contains no animal-derived components and is fully autologous. For its construction, only a small area of skin was harvested from the left groin, which was closed primarily with absorbable sutures.
Conclusion:
MyDerm is an alternative option for the treatment of a massive skin defect in patients who desire removal of only a negligible amount of skin from the donor site and when use of an autograft is insufficient.
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